Ball State University - Orient Yearbook (Muncie, IN)

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COSTUMES and makeup accented the look of Watermelon Bust’s participants. Brian House, Muncie sophomore, shouts instructions to teammate, Greg Thomen, Shelbyville sophomore. The men were entered with Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity in the festival sponsored by Delta Tau Delta frater- nity and Alpha Chi Omega sorority. Photo by Barb Gadacz Negi a SAR SRS © Opening BEDS came outside for the warm weather and a race down McKinley Ave. when Homecoming was underway. Sigma Tau Gamma little sisters pull their mattress on wheels toward the finish line. The women, however, were unable to stop Pi Beta Phi sorority from capturing the women’s overall crown. Photo by Tom Amiot

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AFTER THE FUN the mud had to come off. Waiting lines at the water hoses stretch furtherthan the water lines, themselves do and many of the participants find the mud drying before it’s hosed off. Theta Xi fraternity sponsored the Tug-O-War and awarded first place honors to Phi Delta Theta fraternity and the Tasmanians for men’s and women’s overall champions, respectively. Photo by Ann Hollenbeck WAR it wasn’t. But the ROTC cadets treated their field training as though it was war. David Hatton, Marion sophomore, awaits orders to proceed in the mock battle. In the battle the cadets as Cubans were expected to capture key government figures: the American cadets were expected to stop them. The American forces, however, were unable to stop the invading Cubans. Photo by Tom Amiot SIGHTSEEING TOURS often included places that “just had to be seen.” For the Banevolks, one of those places is Little Switzerland,” outside of Luxembourgh. The folk dancing troupe spent six weeks participating in European folk dance festivals as they toured six major countries. Photo by Mike Yoder Opening

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oe | Bi INFORMATION hours for Rush and Round Robin were important in keeping the problems of recuiting down to a minimum. Rush commit- tee members begin the Rush ac- tivities by going over some of the tules set by the Interfraternity Coun- cil. Photo by Tom Amiot We try to improve the academic program. But to say one thing’s more important than another, that’s not really accurate. I) Dr. Robert Bell University President THINGS === — ON wu JRDER “IMPORTANCE It seemed as if news of accomplishments and victories never got reported; and the negative aspects of the University were the on- ly events worthy of media attention. The negative could be easily missed, too: students didn’t always have the time to find out what was happening, and, therefore, much of what went on also went unnoticed. No one seemed to notice when the Slaughter House Five became the College Bowl 1983 champions or that the temporary faculty from the College of Science and Humanities wouldn’t be returning Winter Quarter because of a shortage of funds. While Dean Michael Gemignani worked to solve the faculty pro- blem, Student Association President Kyle Babcock, Warsaw junior, was making bets and planting trees. In an effort to resurrect a deflating rivalry between Indiana State University and Ball State, Babcock bet a tree that the Cardinals could outscore the Sycamores when the two met on the football field. The bet backfired which put Babcock and vice-president Dan Hampton, Warsaw junior, out in the cold and in their boxer shorts to plant a Sycamore in Sycamore territory. If students had missed Babcock’s exploits, chances are they never heard about the weekend manuevers taken by the ROTC or the sign language club started by Jim Frenchik, Blairsville, Penn, senior. Few students would know to ask about the first place speech team awards in rhetorical criticism and after- dinner speaking won by Nancy Buchanan, In- dianapolis sophomore, and Barry Shietze, Kokomo freshman. A few students even might have remembered to congratulate Delta Tau Delta fraternity on their $1,500 donation to Mother’s Against Drunk Driving. If they didn’t it wasn’t because they didn’t care; there were just so many things to think about in a time when getting something done fell into a pattern of first things first. Opening 7